MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 29.53,-98.47 Latitude: 29.53 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 92 SFC 981 259 32.2 9.6 25 22.6 17.9 151 4 307.0 308.4 291.7 330.2 7.64 2 950 549 30.5 8.5 26 21.9 16.8 139 6 308.1 309.5 291.9 330.6 7.36 3 900 1028 25.9 7.8 32 18.1 14.7 120 6 308.2 309.6 291.9 330.7 7.37 4 850 1527 21.2 6.8 39 14.5 12.5 89 7 308.4 309.8 291.9 330.7 7.30 5 800 2047 16.4 5.8 50 10.5 10.1 55 8 308.6 309.9 291.9 330.8 7.26 6 750 2591 11.2 4.8 64 6.5 7.5 32 10 308.8 310.1 291.9 330.8 7.19 7 700 3163 6.0 3.3 83 2.7 4.5 11 15 309.2 310.5 291.9 330.6 6.97 8 650 3765 2.8 -3.5 63 6.3 -0.3 3 19 312.1 313.0 290.7 326.4 4.53 9 600 4415 3.1 -14.0 27 17.1 -3.8 38 12 319.7 320.1 290.8 326.9 2.15 10 550 5114 -1.4 -15.3 34 13.8 -6.8 29 7 322.4 322.8 291.6 329.5 2.12 11 500 5869 -4.0 -37.4 5 33.4 -11.5 344 13 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.4 0.31 12 450 6691 -9.4 -32.7 13 23.3 -14.9 345 18 331.5 331.6 292.7 333.5 0.54 13 400 7589 -16.5 -39.2 12 22.7 -20.5 338 19 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.8 0.32 14 350 8577 -24.3 -45.0 13 20.6 -26.9 317 20 336.0 336.0 293.5 336.7 0.20 15 300 9679 -33.2 -49.7 17 16.5 -34.6 313 24 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.2 0.14 16 250 10934 -42.8 -53.8 29 10.9 -43.4 315 32 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.8 0.10 17 200 12402 -54.0 -61.2 41 7.2 -54.2 300 21 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.05 18 150 14198 -64.5 -73.3 29 8.9 -64.6 321 18 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16623 -73.1 -82.6 22 9.5 -73.2 312 11 386.4 386.4 303.3 386.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.84 m Freezing level: 566.00 mb = 4890.60 m = 16045.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.41 mb = 3722.77 m = 12213.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.59 % Est. max temperature: 33.67 C = 92.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.12 mb = 3090.61 m = 10139.66 ft T: 6.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.69 C/km ThetaE index: 4.42 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.01 mb = 3665.76 m = 12026.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.80 C = 98.23 F Cap Strength: 5.32 C Lifted Index: 6.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: 6.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 10.75 C K Index: 29.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 107.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6050.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.91 mb = 3257.14 m = 10686.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 25.0 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 55.0 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -12.8 tot: -12.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 27.24 m/s